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Little Kids, the Elements of Music & "Carnival of The Animals"!

KIDS, MUSIC ELEMENTS, & CARNIVAL OF ANIMALS

This week in preschool music, the children really sharpened their listening skills with the fun music from Camille Saint Saens', "Carnival of Animals"!

Check out this video for a wonderful introduction to this most famous music from the French composer, Camille Saint Saens:

We sat down to focus on listening, after a vigorous movement activity called "Pony Gallop" which emphasizes moving slowly and then moving quickly! (from my favorite curriculum, "Music Room." ) Here's the link: http://www.bushfirepress.com/musicroom/

There's a great variety of slow and fast pieces to choose from in "Carnival of Animals." We listened to short excerpts:

Finale (very fast)

Tortoise (slow, of course)

Mules (fast again)

Elephant (slow and heavy)

Birds (definitely fast flute playing!)

Since the children I work with are young (2 1/2 to 6 yr olds) I usually set up listening to elements of music in a very simple way:

I choose music that obviously demonstrates the particular music element (short excerpts!)

I create a pattern (ex: fast, slow, fast, slow..etc)

In this way, the children are likely to be more successful in recognizing the music element and the older kids delight in discovering that there is a pattern!

Hope you have some fun with animal sounds of the orchestra and your little musicians!

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Welcome! I'm Carolyn, a grandmother, long-time Montessori Teacher, and Orff-Schulwerk Music Specialist. I hope you enjoy these activities that I have curated over my many years of teaching in many different settings! You can check out my website by clicking on my picture.